Academic Centers
The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership
The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership focuses on professional development, program evaluation, research and public awareness to help cultivate leaders in early childhood education.
Reading Recovery® Regional Center for Comprehensive Literacy
A Reading Recovery center is dedicated to developing and supporting professional learning networks linking Pk-8 practicing teachers and school leaders with a systemic approach to improving literacy instruction for all children. Reading Recovery is the most effective early literacy intervention for preventing early reading difficulties when embedded within a systemic comprehensive approach to improving teacher expertise through continuing education, job embedded coaching, action research and evaluation. Center partnerships include school districts from multiple states (IL, MN, WI, FL).
Center for Inquiry in Education
The Center for Inquiry in Education (CFIE) (formerly known as “the Center for Practitioner Research”) originated in 2010 as an effort to provide a forum for college faculty and students to share their research and scholarly accomplishments and initiatives. The Center for Inquiry in Education promotes inquiry in a variety of areas in the diverse fields of education, garnering interest of both scholars and practitioners. These focus areas include but are not limited to classroom practice, educational leadership, foundations, curriculum, practitioner training, and action research in education. The CFIE allows scholars and practitioners to share their experiences and expertise as part of a larger learning community.
The Reading Center
Established in 1972, The Reading Center at National Louis University promotes leadership in literacy at the university as well as at the state, national, and international level. It accomplishes its mission through its graduate programs, partnership projects, research and publication, reading improvement programs, outreach, institutes, and other literacy initiatives. The Reading Center, and its campus locations, also function as training sites for graduate students who provide literacy instruction for participating school-age students. A hallmark of The Reading Center and the Faculty in Reading and Language is an emphasis on collaboration for leadership in literacy.